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Title: Operating Instructions Title Record # 55931
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Language Title
1980Translated by Jean-Pierre Pugi
French Le mode d'emploi

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, May 1953 1953-05-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Baer Checkmark
Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time 1954-11-00 ed. Judith Merril Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
294
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Lawrence Hoffman Checkmark
Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time 1955-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Sidgwick & Jackson  
10/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xiii+
290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time 1955-03-00 ed. Judith Merril Random House / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
xiii+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Lawrence Hoffman Checkmark
Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time 1957-01-00 ed. Judith Merril The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 24
5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Robert Sheckley 1980-03-28 Robert Sheckley Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5075) 2-266-00880-3   349
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak Checkmark
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